WEBVTT - Winning Battles and Winning Wars

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to ok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>me your girl Danny L. Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Woke Wednesday. A couple of actual good pieces of

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<v Speaker 1>news that I want to delve into today. First, finally,

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<v Speaker 1>after roughly three weeks, the Federal Appeals Court came back

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<v Speaker 1>and said that no, Donald Trump, you cannot just continue

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<v Speaker 1>criming once you have left office and not face any

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<v Speaker 1>consequences whatsoever. That your absolute immunity for life once you

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<v Speaker 1>become president is bullshit. And so a panel of three judges,

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<v Speaker 1>two Democrats and one Republican decided unanimously in a three

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<v Speaker 1>to zero vote that Donald Trump's grounds for appeal on

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<v Speaker 1>this issue that Judge Chunkin initially ruled on is bullshit.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now their fifty seven page ruling, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be appealed either to the full I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is like the full panel of federal judges,

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<v Speaker 1>or most likely just going directly up to the Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 1>which Donald Trump has stacked. Now, a couple of things

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<v Speaker 1>that I want to say about this and what I've

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<v Speaker 1>been hearing on the news since this broke, which is

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<v Speaker 1>one that the Supreme Court about to put themselves out

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<v Speaker 1>of a job if they don't just decide to not

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<v Speaker 1>hear this case, let the lower court's decisions stand and

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<v Speaker 1>move forward and allow Judge Chunkin to move forward with

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<v Speaker 1>her case. And why do I say that, Because if

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<v Speaker 1>you have, if you are essentially the Supreme Court, and

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to rule in favor of Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>you are ruling against your own power. And if there

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<v Speaker 1>is anything that this Supreme Court loves more than anything

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<v Speaker 1>in the fucking world, it is power. Right. And so

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<v Speaker 1>if you say that a president can go ahead and

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<v Speaker 1>crime as much as the fuck they want because everything

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<v Speaker 1>that they do can no longer be held to the

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<v Speaker 1>same rule of law that the rest of us are,

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<v Speaker 1>then we are absolutely a fucking banana republic, right like,

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<v Speaker 1>there is no way around that understanding. So essentially, then

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<v Speaker 1>what do I need a Supreme Court for? If I

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<v Speaker 1>am a king right or a queen? If I am

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<v Speaker 1>you know the above all answer, and everything that I

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<v Speaker 1>say and do is right and is beyond reproach, what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck do I need you for? I don't right.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the further that we inch towards full on

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<v Speaker 1>authoritarianism in this country, the less you are needed if

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<v Speaker 1>you are a judge, right, Because what do I have

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<v Speaker 1>judges for when I'm giving all power to one person? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>And so I really hope that the Supreme Court takes

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<v Speaker 1>that takes their ego and their own personal power into

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<v Speaker 1>consideration when deciding on this case. The fact, folks, you

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<v Speaker 1>know that we are even here, right, that this is

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<v Speaker 1>even up for debate, that it took three fucking weeks

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<v Speaker 1>for the circuit judges to come back and decide what

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<v Speaker 1>it is that we should have just known from jump.

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<v Speaker 1>If you commit crimes, you're not immune from those crimes.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter if you're the president of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States or a pauper in the street. Like there's one

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<v Speaker 1>set supposedly one set of laws, and becoming president of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States does not make you immune to that fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald trump sole reason to become president of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States again is to create a get out of jail

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<v Speaker 1>free card. Donald Trump knew that if he were able

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<v Speaker 1>to announce that he was running for the presidency, then

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<v Speaker 1>he could use that as a talking point that everything

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<v Speaker 1>is a witch hunt and that he alone again can

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote fix it, right, that if they're coming after me,

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<v Speaker 1>then they're going to come after you. No, motherfucker. People

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<v Speaker 1>only go after right. Law enforcement only goes after people

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<v Speaker 1>when they commit crimes. Right. Do you see what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>saying here, Like people at your level, I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about you know, the thousands upon thousands of black and

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<v Speaker 1>brown people that are serving out thirty forty fifty sixty

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<v Speaker 1>year life sentences right on some white supremacy bullshit that

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<v Speaker 1>they were that they were caught up in. And because

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<v Speaker 1>of our broken system, which is not actually broken, it

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<v Speaker 1>is working to encage, rite and enslave black men and

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<v Speaker 1>women and brown people. Like if you are at the

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<v Speaker 1>level that Donald Trump is, and you have the complexion

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<v Speaker 1>for the protection Donald Trump now is just he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to go one step above what is normally afforded to white,

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<v Speaker 1>straight cis super wealthy and famous men and be like, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really teflon don I'm really above reproach. And the

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<v Speaker 1>courts just said, no, the fuck you are not. So. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not the last time that we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to hear this case, and it is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>put in the hands of the Supreme Court. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is already on his broke ass social medt platform lobbying

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court to do his bidding, which is what

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<v Speaker 1>he put them all in place for. And so we

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<v Speaker 1>will see, right, we will see, because I'm assuming you

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<v Speaker 1>know that Clarence Thomas will be on the side of

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<v Speaker 1>Ginny and be on the side of his billion dollar

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<v Speaker 1>sugar daddy Harlan Crow and do whatever he is told

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<v Speaker 1>to do, step and fetch it. And I'm pretty sure

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<v Speaker 1>right that we have other folks that are hardcore aligned

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<v Speaker 1>with doing whatever Donald Trump wants. So, you know, sadly,

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<v Speaker 1>we are in a place where, you know, everything is

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<v Speaker 1>up for grabs, that there is no far gone you know,

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<v Speaker 1>conclusion to be made here and the assumption that like

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<v Speaker 1>justice will prevail, because that's not the reality that we

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<v Speaker 1>live in anymore. Nonetheless, this initial ruling is a blow

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<v Speaker 1>to Donald Trump and his attorney's desire to say that

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<v Speaker 1>he can't even be charged whatsoever, and every case against

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<v Speaker 1>him should be dismissed because he shouldn't be able to

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<v Speaker 1>be persecuted because he was president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>And what the fifty seven page report said was just like, nah,

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<v Speaker 1>you are no longer president. You are just a regular

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<v Speaker 1>citizen like everybody else. So if you commit crime, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do some time, but most likely not. Next

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<v Speaker 1>up is what I think is actually really interesting another

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<v Speaker 1>case that I haven't really talked about here on the

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<v Speaker 1>show too much, but I think that it's worth noting,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the case of Jennifer Crumbly in Michigan. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer Crumbly, and this is according to the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 1>was convicted on four count of involuntary manslaughter, one for

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<v Speaker 1>each student that her son killed in Michigan's deadliest shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's what is interesting about this case. Ethan Crumbley.

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<v Speaker 1>If you all remember when he was I believe fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years old, he shot and killed four of his classmates

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<v Speaker 1>and injured several others. And the four classmates that were

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<v Speaker 1>killed Madison Baldwin seventeen, Tate Meyer sixteen, Justin Schilling seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>and Hannah Saint Juliana fourteen, and he pleaded guilty to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four charges, including first degree murder, and was sentenced

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<v Speaker 1>last year to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the first case, however, that we have seen

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<v Speaker 1>where the parents of the shooter are also being held

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<v Speaker 1>responsible for the deaths that their son committed right. Why

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<v Speaker 1>is this well? Because Ethan crumbly Is was a clearly

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<v Speaker 1>mentally disturbed child that was found by teachers in class

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<v Speaker 1>to be drawing pictures of bullets and guns and was

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<v Speaker 1>showing erratic behavior that was brought to the attention of

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<v Speaker 1>his parents on different occasions. On the day of the shooting,

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<v Speaker 1>his parents, I believe, were called into the school to

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<v Speaker 1>essentially take him the fuck home because they had noticed,

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<v Speaker 1>like some really unnerving behavior. They didn't take him home,

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<v Speaker 1>they also bought him a gun. He turns around, brings

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<v Speaker 1>it to school and killed four of his classmates, including

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<v Speaker 1>injuring several others, right, And basically the question that was

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<v Speaker 1>being asked was, how could you not have seen this? Right? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>how could you not have seen that your son was

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<v Speaker 1>having delusions right about ghosts and all of these things,

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<v Speaker 1>on top of which he was writing in journals about

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<v Speaker 1>killing people. And you think that the appropriate gift to

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<v Speaker 1>get this kid is not apparently a therapist, right and

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<v Speaker 1>some intervention, but is to get him a gun. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So she is now both of the parents are on

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<v Speaker 1>trial and separate trials because they have both turned on

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<v Speaker 1>each other, and the one the father was blaming the mother,

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<v Speaker 1>the mother blaming the father as to why their son

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<v Speaker 1>committed this horrific mass shoot. So now she's been found

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<v Speaker 1>guilty and the maximum sentencing for manslaugh four counts of

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<v Speaker 1>manslaughter is fifteen years in prison. This is incredibly significant, right,

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<v Speaker 1>This is significant for so many reasons because you can't

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<v Speaker 1>sue the gun manufacturers, right, Congress has made that impossible

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<v Speaker 1>to do. So who are you left to hold accountable

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<v Speaker 1>when a school shooting like this takes place? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>not the job of the parent right to know what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck your kid is doing and up to? And

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<v Speaker 1>maybe if parents now who have guns and own guns

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<v Speaker 1>can now see that, if in fact, your kid is

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<v Speaker 1>not okay and shoots up an entire school, that they're

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<v Speaker 1>not the only ones that are going to fucking jail,

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe that will be a deterrent. Maybe that will

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<v Speaker 1>be something that begins to hold people accountable. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's just pie in the sky thinking, right, Because

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<v Speaker 1>as Jonathan and I have talked about on so many

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<v Speaker 1>occasions and will again this week in terms of his

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<v Speaker 1>new book, what We've become Living and Dying in a

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<v Speaker 1>Country of Arms, which is that the approach that we

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<v Speaker 1>have had as Democrats in talking about gun reform has

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<v Speaker 1>been from a moral standpoint right in terms of shifting

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<v Speaker 1>hearts and minds and doing what is morally right, because

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<v Speaker 1>we assumed that everyone would be aligned with the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that children should not have to learn how to army crawl,

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<v Speaker 1>that we shouldn't be turning whiteboards into safe rooms, right

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<v Speaker 1>and doing all everything the bulletproof backpacks and the like,

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<v Speaker 1>that our children should be protected. But we don't all

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<v Speaker 1>agree on that because guns for white people, but particularly

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<v Speaker 1>from white men, are tied to their power, privilege, and

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<v Speaker 1>masculinity in this country. And so you know, we look

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<v Speaker 1>at this decision. I still look at this decision as

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<v Speaker 1>a win. But if we want to win the actual

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<v Speaker 1>war that we are in, then we need to be

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<v Speaker 1>looking at this not through the vantage point of trying

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<v Speaker 1>to shift and change hearts and minds, but trying to

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<v Speaker 1>win the power necessary to put the judges that are

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<v Speaker 1>in place that actually give a shit about the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that we have five hundred million guns in circulation in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. That is two and a half guns for

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<v Speaker 1>every human, every person in this country. There's only three

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<v Speaker 1>hun and thirty million people, but there are five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million guns. Make it make sense? It does not, you know, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I say, you know, I bring up these two cases

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<v Speaker 1>and these two initial wins, knowing that these cases will wind,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, their way through. I think that Crumbly's is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much done, right like, I think that she going

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<v Speaker 1>to jail. It's just going to be about what the

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<v Speaker 1>sentencing looks like. Does she get the maximum do does

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<v Speaker 1>you know, does she only get a few years? And

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<v Speaker 1>then what will now how will this affect her her

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<v Speaker 1>husband's case, which is coming up in a few weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>right like, so that will be something to watch. But

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<v Speaker 1>I want to change gears because I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the presidential election and the fact that a recent

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<v Speaker 1>poll came out that showcases the fact that a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of Americans, sixty percent of Americans believe that Joe Biden

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<v Speaker 1>is doing a terrible fucking job when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the Middle East, when it comes to Israel and Gaza

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<v Speaker 1>right now, and that while we want to say that

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<v Speaker 1>this issue is extraordinarily complicated and people are only getting

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<v Speaker 1>woke to things, you know, right now, and they don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand the intricacies of what is happening in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of this land, and bah blah blah blah blah. The

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<v Speaker 1>reality is is that people know right from wrong most

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<v Speaker 1>of the time, and they know right now as they

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<v Speaker 1>are scrolling through their social media and they are seeing war,

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<v Speaker 1>the ravages of war, the baby that are being left

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<v Speaker 1>for dead right because hospitals are being evacuated and AID

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<v Speaker 1>can no longer get in, the people that are starving

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<v Speaker 1>to death because the Israeli government will not allow AID

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<v Speaker 1>to get into certain places, bombing the shit out of

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<v Speaker 1>civilians right, tell them to go north, then we bomb

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<v Speaker 1>the north. Tell them to go south, We bomb the south,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there's just nowhere else to go. Right, And

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<v Speaker 1>the fact is that our tax dollars have been forever

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<v Speaker 1>since the creation of Israel, have been going to fund

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<v Speaker 1>right and apartheid system that has different roads, different license plates,

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<v Speaker 1>different laws, different housing, different restrictions for Palestinians versus Israelis.

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<v Speaker 1>You do not need to be a fucking Middle Eastern historic,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, historian to understand how fucked up that is. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>And so if folks are just getting woke to this now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna say, oh, well, where were you blah

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah, blah. The fact is you know now, and

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<v Speaker 1>what you know now is not fucking sitting right with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I get that. What I also get is that

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<v Speaker 1>if in fact, Donald Trump is able to steal this

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<v Speaker 1>election because of people's opinion about how Biden is working

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<v Speaker 1>in look, I am with you. What I am saying

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<v Speaker 1>is the Palestinian people will have zero fucking chance if

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<v Speaker 1>Trump becomes president. You cannot fight for other people's liberation

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<v Speaker 1>when you are no longer free. That's what I want

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<v Speaker 1>people to understand. Some election. They're not about progression, they

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<v Speaker 1>are just about holding on. And I will continue to

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<v Speaker 1>say that over and over and over again. Do I

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<v Speaker 1>think that what this administration is doing is write apps

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking lutely? Not? Absolutely not. What I also know

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<v Speaker 1>is that Donald Trump will be the end of this

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<v Speaker 1>country as we know it. Project twenty twenty five lays

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<v Speaker 1>that all the way out on the Heritage Foundation's page

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<v Speaker 1>Heritage foundation dot org. Pull up the report. What do

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<v Speaker 1>they put in place? There? A nine hundred page plan

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<v Speaker 1>on how they are going to rid government agencies of

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<v Speaker 1>career appointed people with institutional knowledge of how government works

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<v Speaker 1>so that they can gut the system and rig it

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<v Speaker 1>for Trumpism. How are they gonna do that because they

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<v Speaker 1>already have a database of twenty thousand people to who

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<v Speaker 1>have been vetted, who have received training on how to

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<v Speaker 1>dismantle the agencies from the inside out. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>no fucking recourse, right because what Donald Trump wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>do when people were protesting during this summer of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty in front of the White House, he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>shoot those people in the leg General Milly said, Uh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't do that, that's against the law. Donald Trump said, eh,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be no General Milly. And when Donald Trump says,

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<v Speaker 1>pull out the tanks, shoot him in the legs, round

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<v Speaker 1>them up. They're all a threat to our country. Who

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<v Speaker 1>gonna stop him? And before you say that can never happen,

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<v Speaker 1>let me remind you of Japanese internment camps World War two.

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<v Speaker 1>Rounded up all Japanese Americans, put them in camps, no

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<v Speaker 1>due process, no nothing, because they were considered enemies of

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<v Speaker 1>the state. That's all that the president would have to utter.

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<v Speaker 1>We are already watching how universities are firing presidents, as

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<v Speaker 1>they did Claudine Gay at Harvard, as the other president

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<v Speaker 1>resigned in at Penn State. There's already attacks on higher

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<v Speaker 1>education and academics where critical thought and free thought thrives.

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<v Speaker 1>You go after the professors and the academic institutions first.

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<v Speaker 1>You make examples of them. You blacklist people for speaking

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<v Speaker 1>their truth, You put them on lists. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that they'd love to do with the Heritage Foundation

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<v Speaker 1>is to create a new McCarthyism. As a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the Heritage Foundation said in a very

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<v Speaker 1>fluffy New York Times piece that was done a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks back, is that McCarthy went about things wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>but his you know, what he was trying to do

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't terrible. His strategy just was I'm sorry, what the

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<v Speaker 1>red scare rounding up those that were just labeled communists

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<v Speaker 1>that had nothing to do with communism, but you saw

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<v Speaker 1>them as a threat. Joe McCarthy, that is held out

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<v Speaker 1>as like a red flag. But the Heritage Foundation president

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<v Speaker 1>thinks that he's a model. Wake up, folks, you ain't

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<v Speaker 1>getting another bite at this apple. If we give this

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<v Speaker 1>election to Donald Trump by virtue of the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>we decide that we are sitting home because we don't

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<v Speaker 1>like what is happening in Palestine and Gaza, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>like what is happening in Gaza, then I tell you

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<v Speaker 1>to actually vote for the person that you can pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>that you can push, not the one that sees themselves

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<v Speaker 1>as a dictator on day fucking one and think that

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<v Speaker 1>you'll just get him again in twenty twenty eight. There

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<v Speaker 1>will be no twenty twenty eight. That's all I have

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<v Speaker 1>to say today, folks, on this Woke Wednesday, A little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of good news and a lot of reality. What

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<v Speaker 1>is it for me today, dear friends on woke A app

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<v Speaker 1>as always power to the people and to all the people. Power,

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<v Speaker 1>Get woke and stay woke as fuck.